Rail-plate.



W. W. McCLOY.

RAIL PLATE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-5.19M.

Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

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RAIL-PLATE.

Application filed October 5, 1915.

.- which are secured to the ties, and so asso ciate the securing spikes with the rail plate and the connecting plates as to effectively and surely prevent the accidental loosening of the said spikes.

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device in applied position,

Fig. 2 is a detail top plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a sectional View approximately on the line 4 4l of Fig. 2, the rail plate and tie being in elevation, and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the saddle members employed upon .a curvature in the rail.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, 1 designates an ordinary wooden tie and 2-2 the rails which are supported upon the tie.

The numeral 3 designates a substantially flat rectangular rail plate which is positioned upon the ties 1 and which serves as a rest for the rails 2. Each of the plates 3 has its opposite transverse edges upturned or otherwise provided at right angular flanges 4, the said flanges being disposed a considerable but suitable distance from the edges of the rails 2. The plates 3 adjacent the portions thereof upon which the base flanges of the rails rest are provided with spike openings for the reception of spikes 5, the shanks of the said spikes contacting with the edges of the base flanges of the rails and Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2?, 15917.

Serial No. 54,236.

the heads of said spikes overlying the said base flanges of the rails.

Before, however, the spikes 5 are inserted I provide securing means for the plate 3 which comprise substantially U-shaped or what I shall term saddle members 6. Each of the saddles is of a length approximately corresponding with the width of the tie 1 and the opposite or transverse ends of the said saddle members are bent or otherwise provided with parallel depending flanges 8, the said flanges engaging with the opposite sides of the tie 1. These flanges are pro vided with registering openings for the re ception of securing members, such as bolts 9 which also pass through transverse openings-in the ties. The inner edges of the upper or connecting member of each of the saddles is formed with a notch 10, and it is within these notches that the outer faces of the shanks of the spikes 5 are received, the outer portions of the heads of the spikes overlying the plates of the members 6 adjacent the said openings 10. The outer edges of the body portions of the saddle 6 contact with the flanges t of the plates 3, and the spikes afford a wedging action between the said flanges 4 so that the edges of the rails tightly contact with the said spikes to prevent the same working loose when inserted within the tie.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a saddle member having its upper or connecting portion provided with an integral rail engaging block 11, and this form of the device is primarily adapted when the rails are arranged at a curve.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In combination, a rail and a tie therefor, of a 'tie plate arranged upon the tie for receiving the rail, the said plate having its outer transverse edges flanged upwardly and being provided with spike openings arranged at the longitudinal edges of the rail, saddle members arranged to contact with the flanges of the tie plate and with the sides of the tie, means for securing the said members to the sides of the tie, and spikes passing through spike openings in the rail late and contacting With the inner edges 0 the saddle members.

2. The combination With a rail and a tie therefor, of a tierplate disposed upon the tie providing a rest for the rail, said plate having its outer edges flanged, substantially U-shaped members arranged transverse of the plate and having their side members secured to the tie and the U-shaped members having their medial or connecting portions contacting with the flanges of the tie plate, and securing members passing through the plate and contacting with the edges of the rails and with the inner longitudinal edges of the medial portions of the saddle members.

3. In combination with a rail and a tie for the rail, of a metal plate arranged longitudinally upon the tie and providing a rest for the rail, said plate having its transverse edges upturned, substantially U -shaped metallic members disposed transversely of the tie and plate and straddling the said tie and plate and having their side members secured to the tie and the outer edges of the medial portions contacting with the end flanges of the tie plate, the inner edges of the medial portions of'said U-shaped members being notched, andsecuring elements passing through the notches and through openings in the plate and contacting with the adjacent edges of the rail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WVILLIAM W. MoCLOY.

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